BrahMos Aerospace officials told OneIndia that this was the 50th launch of the missile, co-developed by India (DRDO) and Russia (NPOM).

Clean strike in user deployment configuration

"During today's test-firing, the missile met all mission objectives. It was a clean strike. The test was carried out in the user-deployment configuration by trained Army personnel," an official said.

BrahMos Aerospace said that senior Army officials witnessed the launch.

The fire-and-forget "missile has the capability to take on surface-based targets by flying a combined hi-lo trajectory, thus evading enemy air defence systems.

"The missile system, the most lethal and potent weapon system for precision strike available with Indian Army, has proved again its effectiveness in today's successful launch," Sudhir Mishra, BrahMos Aerospace head, said.